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The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids Paperback / softback - 2001

by John Wyndham

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  • Title The Day of the Triffids
  • Author John Wyndham
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition New Ed
  • Condition New
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group
  • Date February 22, 2001
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780141185415_inp
  • ISBN 9780141185415 / 0141185414
  • Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.08 x 0.54 in (19.81 x 12.90 x 1.37 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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About this book

The Day of the Triffids is a post-apocalyptic novel written in 1951 by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. Although Wyndham had already published other novels, this was the first published under the John Wyndham pen-name. It established him as an important writer, and remains his best known novel. When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else, doctors and patients alike, have been blinded by a meteor shower. Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids - huge, venomous, large-rooted plants able to 'walk', feeding on human flesh - can have their day. The Day of the Triffids , published in 1951, expresses many of the political concerns of its time: the Cold War, the fear of biological experimentation and the man-made apocalypse. However, with its terrifyingly believable insights into the genetic modification of plants, the book is more relevant today than ever before.

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About the author

John Wyndham was born in 1903 in the Midlands. After leaving school, he tried his hand at several careers, including farming, law and advertising, before starting to write stories in 1925. During the war he worked as a censor in the Ministry of Information and afterwards served in the Army. The Day of The Triffids was published in 1951, and was followed by many other famous works of science fiction, including The Kraken Wakes, The Chrysalids and The Midwich Cuckoos. Wyndham died in 1969.